Low Grains is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Byre, barn.

Low Grains

WRENN ID
knotted-trefoil-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1984
Type
Byre, barn
Address
Low Grains, Bewcastle
OS grid reference
NY 576 751
Coordinates
55.06878, -2.6653
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Low Grains is a byre and barn that was formerly a farmhouse and barn, dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, with alterations dated 1754 above the entrance. An extension to the barn features a reused lintel with the initials J. & A.M. and the date 1815. The building is constructed from calciferous sandstone coursed rubble and has a Welsh slate roof, with corrugated iron on the barn.

The single-storey house has four bays, while the adjoining barn is two-storey and forms an L-shape. There is a plank door set in a flush quoined surround with a dated lintel, flanked by small blocked original windows. To the left, there are chamfered 2-light mullioned windows that have had their mullions removed. The barn to the right features a large cart entrance with plank doors and slit vents. An extension at right angles has a blocked ground floor entrance and slit vents above. A further 19th-century extension to the barn on the right has a dated and inscribed lintel that likely originated from the farmhouse.

Local climate

Low Grains sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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